§ 208-1413.   Prohibited Uses and Activities.

A.         The following uses and activities are specifically prohibited in the Floodplain (FP) District:

1.   On-site sewage disposal systems.

2.   Sanitary landfills, dumps, junkyards, outdoor storage of vehicles and materials.

3.   Unsealed water supply wells.

4.   The relocation or alteration of any watercourse except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors of Marshall Township and the Department of Environmental Protection and the notification, by the developer, of all adjacent communities, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

5.   No storage of any material that can float or that is explosive or that may be hazardous to the health and welfare of the surrounding population or which is in violation of the Clean Streams Act or regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection shall be permitted within a Floodplain (FP) District.

6.   In accordance with the Department of Community and Economic Development administrative regulations implementing the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act (Act 1978-166) the following obstructions and activities are prohibited if located entirely or partially within an identified floodplain:

(a)    Hospitals (public or private).

(b)    Nursing homes (public or private).

(c)    Jails or prisons.

(d)    New mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions, and substantial improvements to such existing parks and subdivisions.

 

Last Updated on September 29, 2008
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